US 11,696,982 B2
Attachment system for securing medical devices to support structures
Scott Douglas Barnes, Knoxville, TN (US); Vincent Denis Jardret, Powell, TN (US); Dhanvin Sunil Desai, Knoxville, TN (US); Breanna Julia Rhyne, Powell, TN (US); Joe Lowell Smith, Powell, TN (US); and Walter Cleveland Cowart, Blaine, TN (US)
Assigned to DeRoyal Industries, Inc., Powell, TN (US)
Filed by DeRoyal Industries, Inc., Powell, TN (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/193,551.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/985,349, filed on Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275739 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/1415 (2013.01) [A61M 2209/082 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device attachment system comprising:
a hook including a top bend portion and a shank configured to extend down from the top bend portion of the hook;
a receptacle including a rear wall having a top surface, a first side wall, a second side wall, and an opening formed by the rear wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall, the opening including a lower notch dimensioned and configured for closely receiving an end portion of the shank of the hook, and the top surface of the rear wall including an upper notch that is vertically aligned with the lower notch and dimensioned and configured for receiving the top bend portion of the hook;
a mounting system including a plate mount having a first side and a second side and an attachment component configured to be secured to the second side of the plate mount for removably securing the mounting system to a desired support structure for the medical device,
wherein the hook is configured to be attached to an exterior surface of the medical device and the receptacle is configured to be attached to the first side of the plate mount such that the medical device is removably secured to the desired support structure when the end portion of the shank of the hook is inserted into the lower notch of the receptacle and the top bend portion of the hook is inserted into the upper notch of the receptacle.